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Father Brendan McGuire, pastor of Holy Spirit Church in San Jose, Calif., told the story of his abuse in a homily delivered at five weekend Masses Sept. 8-9. Parishioners responded with "thunderous applause" at two Masses and "three standing ovations" at the others, he said. Father McGuire is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Father McGuire)

In homily, Calif. priest says he was abused, hears from dozens of victims

Mark Pattison
September 20, 2018
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To be a voice for victims of clerical sexual abuse, Father Brendan McGuire realized he had to come to terms with the abuse he suffered at the hands of a priest when he was 18. It was a secret he had held for 35 years.

A funeral Mass was offered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg Aug. 28 for Sister Anne Black, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. (Courtesy photo)

Sister Anne Black, D.C., studied, ministered in Emmitsburg

Catholic Review Staff
September 20, 2018
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A funeral Mass was offered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg Aug. 28 for Sister Anne Black, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, gives the opening prayer Nov. 13 at the bishops' fall general assembly in Baltimore. Also pictured are Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, USCCB president, and Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield, USCCB general secretary. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Church plans third-party abuse reporting system, code of conduct

Julie Asher
September 19, 2018
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Pledging to “heal and protect with every bit of the strength God provides us,” the U.S. bishops’ Administrative Committee Sept. 19 outlined actions to address the abuse crisis, including approving the establishment of a third-party confidential reporting system for claims of any abuse by bishops.

After his weekly general audience in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square March 15, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI blesses the Hope Monstrance, recovered from the mud left behind by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in New Orleans and restored by a parishioner at St. Dominic Church. The Hope Monstrance is making a tour of three communities hit by disasters in 2017: Houston, Hurricane Harvey; Las Vegas, scene of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history; and Santa Rosa, Calif., affected by wildfires. (CNS photo/courtesy L'Osservatore Romano)

New Orleans ‘Hope Monstrance’ to visit U.S. communities hit by disasters

Peter Finney Jr.
September 19, 2018
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The Hope Monstrance, recovered from the mud left behind by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in New Orleans, is making a tour of three communities hit by disasters in 2017.

Parishioners pray during an outdoor Mass celebrated by Archbishop William E. Lori to close Faith Fest at the Harford County Equestrian Center in Bel Air Sept 16. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Inaugural Faith Fest attracts 2,000 to Harford County

Emily Rosenthal Alster
September 18, 2018
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The inaugural Faith Fest in Harford County featured opportunities for worship, along with plenty of fun, family-friendly activities culminating in a colorful fireworks display.

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich is seen in Ingolstadt, Germany, Feb. 19. The German cardinal admitted Sept. 16 that mistakes were made in the German church's handling of sex abuse of minors and said he anticipates change in the church. (CNS photo/Markus Now, KNA)

Cardinal Marx says mistakes were made, calls for change in German church

Zita Ballinger
September 18, 2018
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Cardinal Reinhard Marx, head of the German bishops’ conference, admitted that mistakes were made in the German church’s handling of sex abuse of minors and said he anticipates change in the church.

Catholics participate in a listening session with Archbishop William E. Lori Sept. 17 at St. Lawrence Martyr in Hanover. (Courtesy Archdiocese of Baltimore)

Archbishop Lori hears faithful’s concerns about scandals

Christopher Gunty
September 18, 2018
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In the five weeks after a Pennsylvania grand jury released a report detailing allegations of sexual abuse of more than 1,000 minors by 301 priests, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore visited more than a dozen locations in the archdiocese

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital 50th Anniversary

Archbishop William E. Lori
September 18, 2018
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I am delighted to be here today at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital to celebrate Mass with you as you celebrate your 50th anniversary. I warmly greet Bradley Chambers, your President, the Board of Directors, Bishop Madden, Auxiliary Bishop and a member of the Board, and my brother priests who are here in good number. My warm greetings also to the administrators, the medical staff, donors and benefactors, volunteers, advisors, and all who engage in the mission of MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital. Truly, we gather as a family of faith.

Oliver Kelly, age 1, cries as he is carried off a sheriff's airboat in Leland, N.C., during his Sept. 17 rescue from rising floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. The storm, now a tropical depression, is poised to affect more than 10 million the week of Sept. 17. (CNS photo/Jonathan Drake, Reuters)

Catholic Charities distributes disaster relief to areas hit by Florence

Catholic News Service
September 18, 2018
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The Carolinas were hard hit with record rainfall and flooding rivers from tropical storm Florence since it made landfall Sept. 14. And although the storm was downgraded from a hurricane to a Category 1 tropical storm, it still caused extensive water damage.

Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, also serving as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, celebrates Mass at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheeling, W.Va., Sept. 15. Concelebrating are area priests. (Courtesy Colleen Rowan/The Catholic Spirit)

Archbishop Lori with West Virginia’s faithful on ‘journey of healing, reconciliation and a hopeful future’

Colleen Rowan
September 17, 2018
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The goal of this investigation is to arrive at the truth and justice for the good of individuals involved and for the common good of the church we love,” Archbishop Lori said.

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